Monthly Archive for October, 2015

: October, 2015

Dating apps Tinder and Grindr are wildly popular, but they’re just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to booking an assignation through an iPhone. Meet 3nder (pronounced “thrinder”), a dating app for singles and couples to coordinate threesomes. The streamlined app works much the way Tinder does, except the potential end result is three-ways. …

A Greek collector must be really, really hungry. He just bid $23,000 on a biscuit saved from the sinking of the Titanic — and won. The biscuit (or cracker, by today’s American terms) was part of a survival kit on one of the Titanic’s lifeboats used by (some) passengers after the famed ship struck an …

A Minnesota woman is taking the age-old “You kids get off my lawn” to a whole new level. Thirty-eight-year-old Carrie Pernula of Champlin, Minn., was so sick of the neighborhood children making noise and leaving things on her porch, she sent their families anonymous typed notes saying, “The children look delicious. May I have a …

Four-year old Iris Gill of Fayetteville, Arkansas, loves CVS with the passion most girls her age save for Disney princesses. So for Iris’ recent birthday, her mom, blogger Sarah Fortune Gill, threw a birthday party to put all other CVS-themed birthday parties to shame. A four-year-old ready for her party! A photo posted by Sarah …

For the first time in forever, travelers have the option of booking their ticket on a “Frozen”-themed airplane. The wildly successful 2013 Disney animated extravaganza remains so popular, Canadian company WestJet collaborated with the film’s artists and cast to design the 373 Boeing inside and out. The kid-friendly airplane transformation required 170 gallons of paint …

Is seven minutes long enough for a bathroom break? A Sacramento DMV call center thinks so, and is docking workers pay and and time off work if they take too long in the restroom. After DMV managers became concerned that employees were taking too many potty breaks, the some employees claim that the office implemented …

A 2010 gastric bypass weight loss surgery left Richard Clem with “extreme gas and uncontrollable diarrhea,” according to a federal lawsuit filed by his wife Louann. Still, Clem continued to work as a comptroller for Trenton, New Jersey’s Case Pork Roll Company, where Louann also worked. According to Mrs. Clem, she was subjected to constant …

It wasn’t just a ploy for the perfect opportunity to steal a thrilling kiss on their first date. Kazuki Toyoda, 24, and Kaho Asanuma, 19, really got lost on North Vancouver’s Grouse Mountain on Saturday. The pair rode the Skyride tram to the top of mountain (romantic!) and then decided to go looking for a …